December 2019 Mogadishu bombing

The December 2019 Mogadishu bombing occurred on 28 December 2019 during the Somali Civil War when an al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb at a police checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing around 90 people and wounding over 150. The attack targeted a Turkish and Somali military convoy during rush hour, and the bombing killed 15 Benadir University students who were travelling to class in a minibus, as well as two Turkish engineers. On 30 December, al-Shabaab formally claimed responsibility for the attack.